Chryse furrows her brow as she thinks it through.
"Dig out stone? Then add ...animal...stuff?"
She then sees Viola looking at her, and apparently remembers exactly what she's meant to be learning.
"...Terram, for stone? Rego to move it, or Perdo to destroy it? Then Creo or Rego...Animal?"
Viola furrows her brow. "Hmm....well...[In Latin, what she says here is basically "Dirt is dirt"--Terra est terra, I think.] You wait a long time, Animal, Herbam will be Terram. Just get Terram to be fast, though."
Scott
[My vague memory of Latin makes me think the different cases means it should probably be "Terra est Terram". Or, something.]
Chryse looks like she's struggling to understand her mistress. "Wait how long? Terram to be fast?...You add good soil?"
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[My vague memory of Latin makes me think the different cases means it should probably be "Terra est Terram". Or, something.][/quote]
[The internet, which obviously never lies, says Latin has a predicate nominative just like English. I wouldn't even be surprised if English didn't have a predicate nominative until people started copying Latin, like with the un-splitting of the infinitive.]
"Just...Terram. No Herbam here."
Scott